{"id":14184,"date":"2021-11-10T16:32:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T16:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/?p=14184"},"modified":"2021-11-10T16:32:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T16:32:09","slug":"nlrb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.nahtnow.com\/en\/nlrb\/","title":{"rendered":"NLRB"},"content":{"rendered":"

NLRB<\/h2>\n

Welcome back NLRB \u2013 America\u2019s workers missed you<\/h1>\n
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Before I get into just what the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) means \u2013 and has meant \u2013 to the working men and women of this nation, I want to start by citing a couple of pieces of data because I think they tell a real story.<\/p>\n

Right now, 68% of Americans approve of labor unions. That number is at a more than 50-year high. This means America\u2019s workers are hurting, and they know they need a voice in the workplace. Secondly, according to a recent AFL-CIO analysis, the average CEO of an S&P 500 company made 299 times what the median worker made in 2020. In other sectors \u2013 like retail, where Amazon lives \u2013 this number is much higher.<\/p>\n

The NLRB is a federal board first appointed by the president 85 years ago. In the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan shifted its priorities from workers\u2019 rights to corporate profits. Under Reagan, the board reversed previous NLRB policy in more than two dozen major cases, almost totally changing the direction the board had followed since its inception under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.<\/p>\n

Instead of taking up worker complaints, Reagan\u2019s NLRB backlog of unresolved complaints against employers rose to at least three times what it was before he took office. Delays of up to two years became common. Even more stymieing to the labor force, his board took just as long to act on worker petitions to hold union representation elections and to certify fair union wins.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to President Donald Trump\u2019s first year in office, where we find his labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, cheerfully announcing that Reagan, who did so very much to weaken organized labor, was voted into the Labor Hall of Fame. There are truly no words adequate to express labor\u2019s outrage at this.<\/p>\n

Sadly though, Trump was just warming up. His NLRB went the furthest in systematically rolling back the right to form a union and engage in collective bargaining, efforts that struck a further blow to America\u2019s wage inequality and directly harmed workers, their communities and the economy.<\/p>\n

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It has been a long siege on the American worker.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

President Joe Biden quickly cleaned house at the NLRB and Democrats are now in control of the federal labor board for the first time in four years, and pursuing aggressive measures to regain for unions the ground lost during the Trump administration and even looking to go beyond the limits pushed by President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

And all indications show that Jennifer Abruzzo, the president\u2019s new general counsel, is helping to lead the charge and losing no time. She has put together a list of Trump-era decisions for reconsideration and is pushing to get important cases before the board quickly. She also indicated that she is in favor of the PRO Act, the most sweeping piece of labor legislation in 50 years, and reestablishing the long practice of ordering companies to bargain with unions based on signed cards of support, rather than secret ballot elections. This is a game changer for union organizing and for workers who want a voice in their workplace.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve already seen this new NLRB in action. During the month of August alone, the board ruled that Amazon illegally discouraged union organization in Bessemer, Ala., which may lead to a new vote; heard a case against Google; and filed a complaint against Home Depot for penalizing an employee for wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt. These are just a few examples of Biden\u2019s new NLRB.<\/p>\n

This new NLRB is an agency returning to its original purpose in a time when America\u2019s workers need it most. We, as a nation and as a labor movement, are building back!<\/p>\n

Ray Curry is president of United Auto Workers of America and a longtime grassroots activist.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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